When I went to high school, there were guns - lots of guns. Back in the old days, people had gun racks in their pickup trucks. It was something that people gave no thought to. Guns were for hunting, and protection. And, we would take our 22s out and plink some cans once in awhile.
Fast forward to today and we have people shooting at schools, churches and other places, just to kill people. Guns haven’t changed. People have.
We didn’t have school shootings because people either had good sense or they were afraid of punishment or both. It was a time when people valued life and did things like recite the Pledge everyday at school, and oh my gosh, there were even prayers in school at special times.
My heart and prayers go out to those families and friends that suffer losses in senseless shootings. But, if it is to stop, you have to change the people.
Not the guns.
PMO
©2017
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